Well-bucket.



H. L. LBILIGH.

WELL BUCKET.

APPLICATION FILED 11116.25, 191

1,1 14,776. Patented 001;. 27, 1914.

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WITNESSES. INVENTOR w MT UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

HENRY L. LEILIGI-I, or DELPHOSLOHIO, assrenon as THE pnLrHos ivinnurno'runrne COMPANY, or nELrHos, orrro, neonrona'rron or 01110.-

WELL-BUCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 25, 1913. Serial No. 786,487.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY L. LnILroH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Delphos, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful ell-Bucket; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to well buckets of the valved bottom type, and has for its object the provision of an improved bucket of this character.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and while, in its broader aspect, it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a bucket embodying the invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section of the lower end portion thereof, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the lower end portion of the bucket with a part broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the cylindrical body of a bucket, and 2 and 3 the upper and lower end portions thereof in preferably tapered form. Each of the end portions 2-3 is telescoped over the respective end of the body 1 and secured in a water tight manner thereto as by soldering, and the inner end of each of said end portions is provided with an integral outwardly projecting annular bead 4, which prevents the bucket from having contact with the side of the well casing except at the points 4 when being raised and lowered therein. The beads 4 are disposed entirely over the respective ends of the bucket body so that the bucket is reinforced at the point of sliding contact of the same with a well casing, thus preventing a leakage should the material forming the beads 4 become worn through.

The bottom 5 of the bucket is secured to and projects inwardly in frusto-conical form from the lower edge of the end portion 3,

and has its inner or frustum end open with lts edge rolled outwardly to provide a seat for a gravity valve 6. The valve 6 is intended to seat flat against the inner edge of the bottom 5, and has a bail member 7 projecting downward therefrom through the bottom opening and loosely around a crossbar 8, which extends across the bottom 5.

The upper end of the bucket is open and provided with a bail member 10, which is secured at its ends to the upper end portion 2.

It is found in practice that a bucket of this form is strong and durable in its construction and capable of a long period of use without wearing out, and also that the provision of an inwardly projecting conical form of bottom with a valve disposed within the same and normally closing the opening therein is an important feature, as the filling of the bucket upon a lowering of the same into a well is more rapidly accomplished than would otherwise be the case, as the water within the confines of the outer edge of the bottom is forced upward into the bucket through the restricted bottom opening when the bucket is lowered in the water. This form of bottom also enables the bucket to rest flat at its lower end upon a subjacent support as the placing of the cross-bar 8 within the hollow of the bottom permits the valve bail 7 to be forced upward above the lower edge of the bucket,

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific construction or arrangement of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

A well bucket comprising a body of cylindrical form and tapered end portions secured to the opposite ends of the body, said end portions telescoping over the body ends and having their telescoping portions ex-\ In testimony whereof I have hereunto ternally beaded 1n annular concavo-convex signed my name to this speclficat-lon 1n the form W1th the opposite edges of both of presence of tWo subscnblng Witnesses.

said beads in bearing contact with the body HENRY L. LEILICH. and with the protuberant portions of the Vitnesses:

beads forming protuberant bearing surfaces M. F. WEGER,

which are spaced from the body. RALPH WEGER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addl essing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G. 

